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RustDesk vs GNOME Remote Desktop: catalog facts
RustDesk	GNOME Remote Desktop
Freemium The clients and the open-source server are free. A paid RustDesk Server Pro adds extra…	Free Free and open source under the GPL version 2 or later.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Self-hosted	Linux
Self-hosted relay and rendezvous servers, so sessions never touch a third-party SaaS Windows, macOS, Linux and Android clients, plus a web client you can host yourself	Supports both RDP and VNC clients Built for the GNOME desktop
Run without your own server and you are relying on the project’s public infrastructure Unattended access and Wayland support have been moving targets on Linux	Only for Linux systems running GNOME A server only; you need a separate client to connect
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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